consummate

«consummate» in Mova's school dictionary: Showing very great skill; perfect at something: «a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (consummate); verb (consummate, consummates, consummated, consummating – formal)

meaning for a pupil

1) (adjective, formal) Showing very great skill; perfect at something: «a consummate musician». tree →

2) (adjective) Complete, total – used with a bad quality too: «a consummate liar». tree →

3) (verb, formal) To complete or make perfect: «to consummate a deal». tree →

sense in the lessons

A grand word used in stories and reviews to praise great skill. In The Wind in the Willows Toad boasts of his own consummate cleverness when he escapes and tricks people. In exam writing it is a strong, formal word for «expert». The verb has a formal legal sense about marriage that is for adults; a pupil only needs «complete a deal».

examples

• She is a consummate artist who can draw anything. tree →
• The goalkeeper made the save with consummate ease. tree →
• Toad thought himself a consummate actor in his washerwoman disguise. tree →
• He was a consummate liar who fooled everybody. tree →
• The two companies consummated the deal last week. tree →
• The magician performed the trick with consummate skill. tree →

note

Two pronunciations: the adjective is «kun-SUM-it» or «KON-suh-mit»; the verb is «KON-suh-mate». Formal; in everyday talk say «brilliant», «expert» or «total».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «consummate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.